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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1311"
article_number: "1311"
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heading: "Action maintainable by one or more co-owners."
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 12 › Section 2"
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# Art. 1311. Action maintainable by one or more co-owners.

Partitions can be sued for not only by the majority of the heirs, but by each of them, so that one heir alone can force all the rest to a partition at his instance.